Dave Roberts sounds like Pat Murphy with his praise of Brewers

The Dodgers and Brewers met for the first time since the 2025 NLCS, when Los Angeles swept Milwaukee. Despite that postseason success, the Dodgers’ regular-season losing streak against the Brewers reached nine games. Ahead of the series opener at American Family Field, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts expected a high-intensity matchup following a playoff-like three-game series versus the Padres. He praised Milwaukee’s style under manager Pat Murphy, emphasizing low strikeouts, putting the ball in play, bunting, hit-and-run, base stealing, strong defense, and pitching. Milwaukee entered atop the NL Central after sweeping the Cubs and improved to a 12-2 run in their last 14 games, with a roster profile Roberts compared to the 2025 Brewers.

"“I think it's going to be a different series. Yeah, it's going to be intense, which we expected. It's a really good team. I don't think people appreciate how well this team plays baseball,” Roberts said on SportsNet LA. “There's not a lot of fanfare as far as the name recognition, but the way Pat Murphy gets these guys to play, it's a fun brand of baseball.”"

"“They don't strike out much, they put the ball in play, they bunt, they hit-and-run, they steal bases, they play defense, they can pitch. So yeah, it's a good matchup. Last year, during the regular season, we couldn't beat these guys once. So I expect us to just play better baseball this year.”"

"The Brewers entered this series against L.A. atop the NL Central standings after their three-game sweep of the Chicago Cubs. Milwaukee hovered around .500 through their first 30 games, but the team has hit their stride with a 12-2 record in their last 14 games."

"Roberts said this year's Brewers team is comparable to 2025 roster the Dodgers saw in the NLCS. “Very similar,” he began. “They don't have (Freddy) Peralta leading their staff, but I think on the position-player side, it's a very similar attack of how they score runs, how they manufacture. It's just a gritty, grindy team.”"

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